Lewis Hamilton Twitter barb at Jenson Button backfires

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Hamilton climbed down after suspecting, wrongly, that Button, left, his team-mate had decided to ‘unfollow’ him on TwitterMartin Rickett/PA

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Hamilton's timeline shows his initial reaction followed by a swift climbdown

Kevin EasonMotor Racing Correspondent, Seoul

Last updated at 12:01AM, October 9 2012

They will need a knife to cut through the atmosphere in the McLaren motorhome
when the Dream Team face each other for the first time since their private
hostility was made painfully public.

Lewis Hamilton accused Jenson Button, his team-mate, on Twitter of not showing
him respect, but on Thursday he will have to meet him face to face to
explain why the world had to be told. There is already an uneasy truce at
McLaren since Hamilton announced he was leaving to join the rival Mercedes
team, but he has now set up the prospects for an unhappy end